Jiah Khan, the sensuous new entrant

By: Daliya Daspurkayastha

Jiah Khan, the new entrant in Bollywood has been labelled as the new sex bomb. Whoever has watched the scene in Nishabd in which Jiah is shown coming out of the beach would agree that the lass looked more hot than Urmila in Rangeela. Though she considers herself as tomboyish, her recent perfomance in Nishabd has got a new identity for her...of that of a sex bomb! Ram Gopal Verma discovered her and cast her opposite superstar Amitabh Bachchan.

CHILDHOOD-

Jiah was born to actress Rabia on February 20, 1988 in New York, and later moved to London. There has been a rumour regarding her parenthood.It is said that she was the daughter of filmmaker Tahir Hussain, which makes her Aamir Khan's step sister. Tahir Hussain does not deny that he shares a close friendship with Jiah's mother but he did not clarify anything. Her mother was very consious about her in her childhood.She used to dress her up as boy so that no boys get attracted towards her.Whenever Jiah has to go out ,she used to change her dress in her friends house. Jiah, the much-talked girl, is a school going teenager, studied English literature and acting in Lee Strasberg's Institute.

EXTRA -CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Besides acting Jiah was interested in, singing and has had formal training in classical opera. She knows as many as five different forms of dancing. Even as a 16-yr-old girl, Jiah began dabbling with music and almost came to the point of releasing an album. She knows how to play the piano and she recorded six pop numbers before she ran out of finance. Not just this, Jiah has been consistently learning different styles of dancing for the last nine years. Today she knows belly dancing, salsa, lambada, samba and Kathak.

HOW THE ROLE KNOCKED HER DOOR

"Since I am an acting student, as a part of my school assignment, I was supposed to meet Hindi film directors and actors. RGV (Ram Gopal Varma) was on the top of my list. I had seen his Rangeela, Company and Sarkar seven to ten times. So, when I landed in Mumbai for a holiday, I went to his office. He asked me, Would you like to act?' And within 20 minutes, I got the role," chuckles Jiah. At New Delhi's PVR Plaza to promote the film, she says, "At that time I didn't know that I had Mr. Bachchan opposite me.", revealed Jiah. The girl was also Mahesh Bhatt's choice for the film Tumsa Nahin Dekha but it was eventually done by Dia Mirza. At that time, she had a brief relationship with Emraan Hashmi.

JIAH'S ROLE IN NISHABD

Jiah played a very strong character in the film. 18-year-old girl who is very much inclined towards a 60-year-old man, an intense relationship develops between them. The whole story revolves between Jiah and Amitabh Bachchan.It was said that the film was a Hollywood adaptation of Lolita, but director Ram Gopal denied the fact. After Jiah's performance in Nishabd, she was flooded with lots of offer. Time will say whether Jiah can keep up the expectation of her fans.

JIAH'S EGO SPEAKS OUT

Now listen to what Jiah has to say... "Working with Mr. Bachchan in my debut film has spoilt me. I would now like to work only with the best."

No doubt with an attitude and confidence like that, Jiah is all set to soar higher and higher. Sources add that Jiah has just signed a film with another big co-star, qa pairing which is going to shock everyone in the industry.